I have previously praised the efforts of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) for its efforts to sponsor a conference on “Fixing Science: Practical Solutions for the Irreproducibility Crisis.” The conference was a remarkable event, with a good deal of diverse view points, civil discussion and debate, and collegiality.
The NAS has now posted a follow up to its conference, with a link to slide presentations, and to a You Tube page with videos of the presentations. The NAS, along with The Independent Institute, should be commended for their organizational efforts, and their transparency in making the conference contents available now to a wider audience.
The conference took place on February 7th and 8th, and I had the privilege of starting the event with my presentation, “Not Just an Academic Dispute: Irreproducible Scientific Evidence Renders Legal Judgments Unsafe”.
Some, but not all, of the interesting presentations that followed:
Tim Edgell, “Stylistic Bias, Selective Reporting, and Climate Science” (Feb. 7, 2020)
Patrick J. Michaels, “Biased Climate Science” (Feb. 7, 2020)
Daniele Fanelli, “Reproducibility Reforms if there is no Irreproducibility Crisis” (Feb. 8, 2020)
On Saturday, I had the additional privilege of moderating a panel on “Group Think” in science, and its potential for skewing research focus and publication:
Lee Jussim, “Intellectual Diversity Limits Groupthink in Scientific Psychology” (Feb. 8, 2020)
Mark Regnerus, “Groupthink in Sociology” (Feb. 8, 2020)
Michael Shermer, “Giving the Devil His Due” (Feb. 8, 2020)
Later on Saturday, the presenters turned to methodological issues, many of which are key to understanding ongoing scientific and legal controversies:
Stanley Young, “Prevention and Management of Acute and Late Toxicities in Radiation Oncology”
James E. Enstrom, “Reproducibility is Essential to Combating Environmental Lysenkoism”
Deborah Mayo, “P-Value ‘Reforms’: Fixing Science or Threats to Replication and Falsification?” (Feb. 8, 2020)
Ronald L. Wasserstein, “What Professional Organizations Can Do To Fix The Irreproducibility Crisis” (Feb. 8, 2020)
Louis Anthony Cox, Jr., “Causality, Reproducibility, and Scientific Generalization in Public Health” (Feb. 8, 2020)
David Trafimow, “What Journals Can Do To Fix The Irreproducibility Crisis” (Feb. 8, 2020)
David Randall, “Regulatory Science and the Irreproducibility Crisis” (Feb. 8, 2020)
